Forces of Change

Exactly what do groundhogs know about weather? Not as much as your science students will after completing these lessons and activities that cover everything from the earth's rotation and the creation of shadows, to cloud...

Students analyze the impact of climate variability and change utilizing a broad span of topics over a wide range of grade levels. This three lesson unit is easily adapted for the various instructional levels listed.

Using relief maps, students will learn that landforms can be different from one place to another. Included are a minute-by-minute lesson plan, activities, and teacher discussion points and questions.

Weathering is not necessarily a result of the weather. Scholars conduct an experiment to explore the effect of surface area and volume on the weathering process. They create their own sugar cube rocks using the same number of cubes—but...

Students examine different types of extreme weather and how to prepare for them. For this weather lesson students explore different types of extreme weather and create disaster preparation posters for different types of extreme...

Students examine the causes of earthquakes, volcanoes, and floods, and explore how these events shape the surface of the earth. For this erupting volcanoes lesson, students create a volcano model of their own, make observations...

Watch as a teacher sets up a lesson with a focus question and then elicits student ideas about landforms in different places based on the places those students have visited. [1:37]

Young scholars investigate different types of landforms. In this landforms activity, students explore landforms by participating in a WebQuest. Young scholars research the reasons behind landforms changing and create a picture using KidPix.

Youngsters pretend they are rocks sitting on a hill. They listen to the provided guided imagery script to conceptualize the process of how rocks change over time. They draw a diagram of what happened to them as rocks during the story. An...

Students gain an understanding of earthquakes. They examine vocabulary associated with earthquakes, how earthquakes happen, and preventive measures taken to diminish damage or harm in the event that an earthquake should happen.